Australia The project is made by the team «Not angels»
Contents • Australia • Climate • History • Animals • Population • Diving
Australia - a country in the southern hemisphere, Australia occupies the mainland, the island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, is the state's sixth largest in the world. It is one of the developed countries, as the thirteenth largest economy in the world, and is sixth in the world in terms of GDP per capita. Australia ranks highly in many areas such as quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, the protection of civil liberties and political rights.
History The ancestors of Australian Aborigines in Australia were 40 -60 thousand. Years ago. People arrived in Australia by sea, in a time when New Guinea and Tasmania were part of the continent, making it the earliest sea travelers in the world. Check continent people began 42 -48 thousand. Years ago. The earliest human remains found in Lake Mungo dried up lake in the southeast of New South Wales. These are the remains of one of the oldest examples found in the world of cremation, which indicates the early existence of religious rituals among Australian Aborigines. Aboriginal art is considered the oldest ongoing tradition of art in the world. Its age is estimated at 30 000 years, and it can be found across Australia. In terms of age and abundance of figures, cave art in Australia is comparable to the caves of Lascaux and Altamira in Europe. Between 10 -12 thousand. BC Tasmania isolated from the mainland, and some stone technologies failed to reach the Tasmanian Aborigines. During the ancient period of the history of Australia's south-eastern Australia are often marked by volcanic eruptions. In south-eastern Australia, on the lake condo in Victoria, found semi-permanent settlements with large food stocks. For centuries, Makassar traded with the natives of Australia, particularly with people yolngu in the north-east Arnhem Land.
Population Australia's population is 21, 507, 719 people. By the end of the XVIII century the population of Australia were come 40 -50 thousand. Years ago, Australian Aborigines, Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people of Tasmania (between the three groups, there are cultural differences and even outside). If you leave the coast and proceed inland about 200 kilometers, will begin sparsely populated areas of the continent. Lush rainforests and rich farmland give way to hot, dry, open country, where you can meet only bushes and grasses. However, in these areas, too, there is life. On hundreds of kilometers long stretch of sheep and cow pastures, or ranch. Further, in the heart of the continent, starting the scorching heat of the desert.
Climate The climate of Australia is under significant influence of ocean currents, including the Indian Ocean Dipole (Eng. ) Russian. and El Niño, which creates periodic drought (Eng. ) Russian. seasonal and tropical low pressure, which leads to the formation of cyclones in northern Australia. These factors cause a significant change in rainfall from year to year. Much of the north of the country has a tropical predominantly summer rainfall. Nearly three-quarters of Australia are the deserts and semi-deserts. In the south-western part of the country the climate is Mediterranean. In most parts of the south-east of the country (including Tasmania), the climate is temperate. In arid regions affected by the cold West Australian current, which does not provide power for the formation of a cyclone. Something similar happens in the west of South America, but there everything changes with the appearance of El Niño.
Animals Kangaroo - very widespread, and see them quite simply in the wild. However, we should not forget that wild kangaroos are mostly nocturnal and daytime sleep peacefully usually somewhere under a bush. Seeing the human wild kangaroos in fear he will flee away. Koala - another symbol of Australia. Photograph koala is quite difficult, since she sleeps 20 hours a day. Sleeping like a koala teddy on a ball. Wombat is an amazing Australian marsupial animal with short legs, about one meter in length, with a very short tail. Wombat is a bit like a cute pig. Tasmanian Devil is a unique animal dwelling exclusively on the Australian island of Tasmania. Dingo is an Australian wild dog, a cross between a wolf and a normal family dog. Pelicans fly to Australia in search of warmth.
Diving Great Barrier Reef - the most grandiose building on the ground, built by living organisms from space visible white stripe on a blue surface of the water. The creators of this gigantic construction - tiny living organisms, coral polyps. They hide the body in a hard calcareous shell, and millions of these fused shells form a coral reef.
